Academy
November 25, 2024

Save 25% on All Creative Classes During My Modern Met Academy’s Black Friday Sale

Time is ticking down to the holidays. If Black Friday is your official start to the shopping season, look no further. My Modern Met Academy is having a big sale on all of our online art classes. Our courses in drawing, painting, crafts, and photography are here for you to enroll in and learn from anywhere in the world. Plus, they can be viewed as many times as you like.

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Dance
November 23, 2024

Inspiring Video Shows a Young Dancer Go From Top Student to a Teacher in Just Eight Years

Few disciplines illustrate the results of being persistent like dance. By being consistent in their training, dancers can improve their art to levels that open new professional doors to them. The latest example of this is Italian dancer Maria Rosaria Dalmonte. Born in 2008, she displayed a unique talent for dancing from a young age.

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Art
November 22, 2024

Artist Traveled to Over 30 Cities To Perform Tea Ceremony With Strangers [Interview]

In the early aughts, artist Pierre Sernet used the Japanese tea ceremony to unite cultures around the world in a powerful set of performances. Sernet's One series is often called Guerrilla Tea. The installation saw Sernet set up a “Tea Room,” denoted by a wood cube, in different global settings. He then sat and waited for a volunteer to participate in the ceremony and drink the cup of matcha that he prepared in front of them.

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Music
November 22, 2024

Desert Air Takes Flight With Electronic Music Festival in Mojave Desert

For two days in November, the Mojave Desert became the evocative backdrop for Desert Air. This art and music festival unfolded in Palm Springs, with the Palm Springs Air Museum and Palm Springs Surf Club taking revelers across a party that transitions from night to day and back to night. My Modern Met was on site to partake in the weekend's cultural offerings, which blended modern and vintage sensibilities.

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